As a result, stocks ran into a proverbial wall of worry in the spring and early summer.

He has often been a first-half wonder before hitting the proverbial wall by December.

Parents have read the handwriting on the proverbial wall.

This was another lead that I've followed down to the proverbial blank wall.

What major leaguers would ever run through the proverbial wall for a scab?

But now, the economics of all this have hit a proverbial wall.

However, I think we've hit the proverbial wall.

For a time it looked as if perfidy had its back to the proverbial wall.

Steinfeld said he did not expect the expanding presence of women to hit the proverbial wall anytime soon.

It was the spirit of the group that kept me going as I hit the proverbial "wall" at 23 miles.